HAVERHILL — A city man told police he filed his tax return on Feb. 26, only to find out someone beat him to it.
The man told police he filed the return electronically and was subsequently notified by the Internal Revenue Service a return had already been filed using his Social Security number.
The IRS told the man the return had been issued and mailed to an address in Atlanta. The return was sent back to the IRS marked unservable, the man said.
The man told police he then sent a copy of his tax return in manually. The IRS asked him to file a report with police.
Police advised the victim to contact the credit bureau and the Social Security office.
The following were taken from the Haverhill police log for Tuesday:
Break: 14 Nichols St., attempted building break, 2:45 a.m.
Theft: Haverhill High, 137 Monument St., property taken, 6:53 a.m.
Disturbance: 7 Maple Ave., noise reported, 7:04 a.m.
Car crash: Forest and River streets, under investigation, 8:04 a.m.
Vandalism: 5th Avenue and Franklin Street, car damaged, 8:53 a.m.
Disturbance: 35 Hall St., noise reported, 11:43 a.m.
Noise complaint: Pentucket and Vine streets, loud music, 1:02 p.m.
Disturbance: 272 Washington St., noise reported, 1:25 p.m.
Noise complaint: 835 S. Main St., loud music, 2:03 p.m.
Noise complaint: Hall and River streets, loud music, 3:24 p.m.
Theft: 32 Observatory Ave., bicycle taken, 3:24 p.m.
Disturbance: 4 S. Kimball St., noise reported, 4:15 p.m.
Disturbance: Laurel Avenue, noise reported, 6:43 p.m.
Noise complaint: Lancaster and Lewis streets, fireworks in the area, 8:45 p.m.
Car crash: Kenoza Avenue and Lawrence Street, under investigation, 9:04 p.m.
Disturbance: 18 Blaisdell St., noise reported, 9:09 p.m.
Disturbance: 134 High St., noise reported, 10:44 p.m.
Noise complaint: 45 Locust St., loud music, 10:53 p.m.
